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No, your eyes do not deceive you. The trivia recaps are back. Years ago, in the early days of this weblog, I recapped the success of my bar trivia team, Street Academy, at the Elbo Room multi-week big money trivia tournaments.  My team won two of those tournaments back in the day, and after each…

Monday night.  Several of the trivia teams are participating in a post-tournament banquet and dance party.  And the cool thing about this is … I’m having fun. Look, I can have fun at nearly every trivia tournament out there.  This time, however, was different.  I wasn’t the one-man-wrecking-crew Street Academy trivia team, nor was I…

So here’s where we’re at.  Six ten-question rounds.  Point values are doubled.  And we’re in a heated battle with several other teams, including squads called “That’s What She Said” and “Mac ‘n Cheese” and a few others. We’re ready.  Tim, Tom, Nick, Leah, William and me.  In 48 hours, we’ve cobbled together the team Stir…

Monday morning.  And the Stir Crazy trivia team is walking around the casino, our blue-white T-shirts in full view, and we’re asked by every other person who sees us, “Where are you from?” “What bar did you play out of?” You know… questions like that. And now it’s time for the third quarter.  Another batch…

It’s Sunday evening, and my Stir Crazy trivia team must now participate in the second quarter of the two-day World Tavern Trivia Championships.  The event, being held in Atlantic City, has gathered over forty different bar trivia championship teams to determine the best of the best.  And right now, after one quarter of play, we…

Sunday morning.  It’s raining in Edison, New Jersey.  And I just woke up. I’m in Edison, which is my halfway driving point to Atlantic City for the 2016 World Tavern Trivia Championships.  Some of my Hudson Valley bar trivia readers have invited me to join their Stir Crazy team, and I accepted. A text message…

For those of you who have followed my blog for the trivia recaps (and have grumbled because there haven’t been as many trivia recaps as of late), something happened over the weekend that I was not expecting under any circumstances. I got the call. Yes, I got the call. Well, it wasn’t a call.  It…

Wow.  Trivia Bowl XII, the Capital District’s competition of the best bar and tavern trivia teams.  And with the team list whittled down to 30 squads, this would not be a game for the weak of heart. And for my Street Academy team… I had some last-minute scheduling cancellations.  I can’t fault anyone for that…

I’ve participated in almost every Trivial Bowl, the Capital District’s preeminent team trivia championship.  My Street Academy trivia team has claimed Trivia Bowls III and VI, for which my team became only the second of three trivia teams to claim the coveted trophy multiple times (Lynch’s Mob and Stern Fans also claimed the trophy more…